EPORTFOLIO

“Post an entry that describes (and justifies) the 5 most important things you learned in this Unit.”

Professor Brooke Estabrook-Fishinghawk

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   Ryan Bridglal said...
   10:50 pm - March 28th, 2009

   My post done on: 1 Mar 09 2:41 AM MST

   #1: Follow the rules, when we approach a problem, it’s too easy to to look past what the problem is and add on more features. With exercise 2.4, I only read the problem once and thought, great I need to separate the numbers into 2 groups and I even began to develop a third group for equal numbers being entered. After reviewing the instructions a second time, I realized I jumped ahead.

   #2:Java resembles C#. Oh my god, Java is very closely related to C sharp! For anyone who has never programmed in c# before, if you can code in Java, you’ve got nothing to worry about when you switch over. Too bad both technologies were not interchangeable without any extra work! With this being said, I can use my c# knowledge and library to help me through coding in Java. The same methods you use in C# can be used in Java, I now have a larger library to reference from, during the times I can’t figure something out.

   #3:Having an IDE does help. The IDE identifies commands you could use or potentially type out. No on can memorize the thousands of commands throughout multiple languages. It’s difficult to remember and I know what command I want to use. So by entering System. The eclipse IDE automatically displays a list of commands I can use. Which helps a lot, because if I can’t remember what the specific word was, I can most likely find it within that list. It’s like an interactive aid. Which is great, compared to using notepad to code and a command line compiler. You’ll really have to know your stuff.

   #4:System.out.printLN does help in situations to get your text on a newline. It saved me from using \n in a number of situations.

   #5:The automatic helper within eclipse is beautiful. Just by placing my mouse over a command, it explains stuff to me. I’m not so lost as I thought I would’ve been. By placing my mouse over almost each word within a statement, it will be defined. Here’s a screen shot of the auto helper:

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   Ryan Bridglal said...
   5:47 pm - April 5th, 2009

   here’s the flick

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   Ryan Bridglal said...
   5:49 pm - April 5th, 2009

   http://eport.ryanjb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ryan_bridglal_csc203_reflection.jpg